It't time for a brand new challenge at SSC called "Weave it", which means that we would like to see some sort of weaving on your project. Check out the design teams submisson for some inspiration!

We have some great sponsors with some fabulous prizes.First up is Sassy Studio Designs and the prize is 4 images of winner's choice.Our second sponsor is Emma with Stampin' Up and the prize is Stampin' Up Tall Tales 12" Designer Paper Pack***Mitt kort/My card

Here is my DT submission this week. I've used one of the adorable Hanglargirls from this years Spring Collection. The papers are from Maja Design and they are sooo gorgous! I've sanded all the edges and distressed with Cats eye Chalk. The sweet sentiment is from Magnolia and the layout is after this weeks sketch from Mojo Monday. You can find it here.

søndag, november 15, 2009

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! It's time for a brand new challenge at SSC and with Thanksgiving around the corner it is now "Turkey time!". Here in my homecountry we don't celebrate Thanksgiving and therefor I don't own anything related to it. However I thought about the content of the celebration, about being thankful, and so I made a card for a friend to show my appreciation of that person being in my life.

I found a recipe for something called a shadow box card and I just had to try it out! It's not too difficult to make and it is good to make something different. If you want to try one too you can find a great tutorial HERE

Sorry if I gave you a naging song on the brain just now but I just couldn't help myself! LOL! You see, I've made a Never Ending Card and this song just popped in my head right away:) I promise it'll pass any time soon.. Now over to the card I wanna show you. It's been both fun and time consuming to make, a LOT of paper to cut and glue, and then all the details that had to come together, BUT I finished it earlier today and now I have the time to publish it. I found a great tutorial as a link from Lilly of the Valley and you can check it out HERE if you like :) It's not as easy to show the card in a proper way through pictures, but I hope you get the general idea.

De neste to bildene viser neste brett hvor man løfter opp teksten og snømannen for å avdekke det som er bak.***The next two pictures show the next fold where you lift the sentiment and the snowman to reveal what's behind.

Her kommer den neste bretten og som du ser er den mellom Tilda og teksten og du bretter disse sidene bakover.***Here comes the next fold and as you can see it comes between Tilda and the sentiment when you fold the sides backwards.

Du har nå kommet til den nest siste bretten av kortet og her har jeg dekorert med noen julegaver fra Magnolia og teksten fra Anka Design sier "Snipp, snapp, snute, så er ventetiden ute!"***You've now reached the second last fold on the card and here I have decorated with some Christmas gifts from Magnolia and a sentiment from Anka Design that says:" Snipp, snapp, snute then the wait is over!" (I don't know how to translate the three first words, it's a norwegian term we use at the end of a fairytale).

Her kommer altså den siste bretten, og som du ser på bildet er du nå komme til begynnelsen av kortet igjen!!! Som navnet "Never Ending Card" sier, kan du altså brette og brette det rundt så lenge du gidder uten at det stopper:) Akkurat som tittelen sier gitt! ;)***Here comes the final fold, and as you can see on the picture below you're now at the beginning of the card again!!! Like the name "Never Ending Card" says, you can fold it and fold it for as long as you can be bothered without it stopping:) Just like the title says! ;)

tirsdag, november 10, 2009

Here comes a new Christmas card from me, been in a Christmasy mood lately and with the brand new stamps and papers from Magnolia I'm just in heaven! The stamps are sooo adorable and those papers are so yummy! My sewingmachine has gone warm on this card lol, I just love that look with the distressing. I've actually managed to cover 5 challenges(!!!) with this card, that's pretty good I think! :) I've made an EASEL CARD which is this weeks challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.At Cupcake Craft Challenge they want to see SNOW in some form on your card and at Allsorts Challenge they want you to bring out the BLING. Last but not least, at Just Magnolia and Everybody-Art-Challenge they want to see DISTRESSING on your project and here is what I came up with:

Here the card lies folded together. I've made a solution to keep it together (got pictures further down) so it easily can be mailed to the recipient.

Here's some pictures of the standing EASEL CARD from different angles

The sentiment I've used is from Ladybugandfriends and the sentiment says "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". As you can see I've used one of the snowflakes to support the card when it stands.

I chose to decorate the back of the card too, but I made it very simple using a paper doily. I've put on a pair of snaps to close the card so it can lie flat.

A little closeup on the closing mechanism

This is the bottom of the card, or the back when it's closed together. Decorated with some snowflakes, brown strawthingy (never remember the name..) and my personal stampPainted with Distress Ink RefillsCS: BazzillDP: MagnoliaStamps: Magnolia So Jolly Collection, LadybugandfriendsAccessories: Sewing machine, sandingblock and edgescraper from Making Memories, Cats eye Chalk, Maya Road Chipboard snowflake, pearls from Kort og Godt, brown stringything from Panduro, Martha Stewart snowflakepunch and glitter, vintage buttons from Ebay, paper doily, stickles from Ranger, string and snaps from my stash.

Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments, you guys are the best!

søndag, november 08, 2009

Another week has flown by and since our last challenge we've entered the month of November. I've made another fall inspired card, just trying to hang on a little longer. But I guess I have to face the fact that Fall also is over now, we had this years very first SNOWFALL on Wednesday!! I wasn't ready for that yet, but I guess it'll give the right boost for starting the Christmas card production for the year;) Now on to this weeks challenge at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog, this week we have a SKETCH challenge for you! Scroll down and you'll see the...

...SKETCH!

Our sponsor this week is:And the prize is:

Now onto my card for the challenge. I've used another gorgous Magnolia and some yummy papers from Maja Design.

The sentiment is from Ladybugandfriends and it says; "Even if it rains and the day is grey, the sun shines when I think about you"

A little closeup on Tilda in the rain

The inside: Made it very simple with the same paper, pearls, some nesties and rubons. The sentiment in the oval says; "Good friends"